antagonistic

Example Sentences

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Comments that once elicited antagonistic barbs are met with calm acceptance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Peller noted “consternation around the potential for an antagonistic approach towards not only issuers but broader financials despite what was believed to be a lenient regulatory environment.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

This was confirmed when Egypt traded in its limited success to come over to the American side, but Syria remained stubbornly antagonistic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

According to Nishimura, "These findings reveal that the same stem cell population can follow antagonistic fates -- exhaustion or expansion -- depending on the type of stress and microenvironmental signals."

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

The street the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin